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• THE DONKEY DIED, THE SNAKE (ALMOST) SURVIVED KUWAITI FOLKTALES, WHAT HAPPENED TO HEMARAT AL GHAYLA AND NESÓP?

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  Kinga Németh

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  86

  The current paper is based on the conception that Kuwaiti people are forgetting their stories and it is largely down to the fact that the new generation of Kuwait hardly remember the fictional figures of the Tantal, Al Seolu, Sehaila Um Al­Khalajeen, Um Al­Sa’af Wa­Alleef, Al­Duaidea, Bu Darya, which is mainly due to historical and social background. The article intends to dwell on these types of stories and their meaning, focusing on the moral context, as well.

• “KILL THE MAN WHO KILLED THE DOG - STORIES BURIED UNDER THE SKYSCRAPERS”: FOLKTALES OF KUWAIT

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  Kinga Németh

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  160

  The current paper intends to draw a kind of picture of numerous compelling viewpoints of the Kuwaiti community relying on folk tales. The research is in line with the theoretical and epistemological questions that are cornerstones of researching folk narratives.